Materials Risk
I am currently writing a book about commodity markets. Here is my list of 25 things I think consumers, business people and investors need to know about commodities. Please vote and add your suggestions for 25 other important things. Register for email updates at www.materials-risk.com to get 50% off the book once its published.
The intrinsic properties of a commodity introducing agricultural, industrial and energy commodities.
Supply, demand and costs in an opaque market
Commodity prices don't just go up.
Too much of one thing can be bad for economies.
Hedging, substitution and adding value
Why he was wrong and why he might still be proved right
Is there a better way?
Commodity markets and your portfoliio
Why are commodity markets prone to cartels and oligopolistic behaviour
Shale gas and the incentive that high prices brings
Biofuel demand and food prices
Pipelines, ships
Urbanisation, population growth and changes in diets
Or why the stone age didn't end because we ran out of stone.
